AVFC.co.uk continues its look at the week-by-week efforts of Ron Atkinson's exciting Villa side during the memorable 1992-93 season. Each week we will republish the newspaper articles from that exact time during the campaign. We continue with an impressive win over Ipswich.

Both clubs had suffered setbacks but Aston Villa settled back much the more impressively.

Yet, with Manchester United also winning, Villa's journey remains one in which they run in another's footprints. United will hear the tread.

If this was a game Villa expected to be a problem, it was made all the more comfortable by a goal from Dean Saunders that will rank with the best seen at this ground.

A 35-yard shot that was so obviously pre-prepared that there was never any doubt that it would end where it was intended to go.

Villa's attempt to maintain their challenge for the title is being restricted by the continued absence of Dalian Atkinson, but, with Saunders in such breathtaking form, there is no cause to doubt their ability to bring another season of league frustration to Old Trafford.

Winning potentially awkward matches such as these is the trademark of likely champions.